Ahhh. Seems like only yesterday that we were watching the Duke Blue Devils in Dubai putting the wraps on their "Friendship Tour" of Asia, also known as (a) the "Let's put the official Duke stamp on the new Fuqua Campus in China" tour; and more importantly, the (b) "Let's use the NCAA rules regarding participation in such summer contests to go ahead and get a jump start on the upcoming season" tour. 

Now, here we are only hours away from Countdown to Craziness and the beginning another edition of Duke Blue Devils basketball. Like most seasons for lucky and perhaps spoiled (to some degree) Duke hoops fans, this campaign begins with tremendous optimism.

The Blue Devils are coming off of a 2010-11 campaign that, by most stan...

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